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From: cag4@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Carson A Gaspar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: VLT problem
Keywords: font reset
Message-ID: <1990Nov2.224705.14510@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 2 Nov 90 22:47:05 GMT
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In article <1990Nov2.162528.11166@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jbn35564@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson) writes:
>vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Paul Vervalin) writes:
>
>>Every now and then when using VLT I will accidentally "cat" (type) a binary 
>>file to the screen.  This occasionally causes the font to get messed up so
>>that some kind of graphics characters get sent to the screen instead of the 
>>regular font.  Is there anyway to reset this from within VLT without having 
>>to terminate and then restart the program?  Thanks.
>
>>                              vervalin@austin.lockheed.com
>
>Yes, just select the 'Lock Graphics' (or hit Amiga-;) and save your VLT.config
>file.  This will cause VLT not to go into Tektronix emulation.
>
>Jeff
>--

Theat won't fix it.  He's not getting Tektronix characters, but rather
the graphics character set in VT100 mode.  Try the "Refresh Screen"
option under the "Screen" menu.  If that fails, try "Clear Screen".

Hope this helps.


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